Media Mergers Highlight Arbitrary Private Valuations

A slew of digital media acquisitions over the past few weeks shows how unreliable private valuations can be. The only Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-10-08 16:38:01 UTC ]
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Media Mergers Highlight Arbitrary Private Valuations

A slew of digital media acquisitions over the past few weeks shows how unreliable private valuations can be. The only Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-10-08 16:38:01 UTC ]
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Vox Media and Group Nine Media Announce Merger, Bringing Further Media Consolidation

Digital media companies Vox Media and Group Nine Media are planning a merger, people familiar with the matter tell Adweek. The combined company would instantly become one of the largest digital media publishers in the U.S., helping it compete more effectively against the scale of social... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2021-12-13 22:11:18 UTC ]
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Media Briefing: What Axios’ sale says about the valuation of digital media companies

In this week’s Media Briefing, senior media reporter Sara Guaglione looks at what Axios's sale to Cox Enterprises signals about the current investment market for media companies. The post Media Briefing: What Axios’ sale says about the valuation of digital media companies appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2022-08-11 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Lachlan Murdoch seeks to draw Private Media chairman Eric Beecher into lawsuit against Crikey

News Corp co-chair pushes to extends defamation lawsuit against the independent media companyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLachlan Murdoch is seeking to draw Private Media chairman Eric Beecher... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-12-22 01:17:18 UTC ]
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Recurrent Ventures – the next big private equity-fueled media conglomerate?

Private equity-funded Recurrent Ventures now has 20 digital media brands under its purview — and is on the hunt for more acquisitions. But is its approach to injecting new life into these titles sustainable? The post Recurrent Ventures – the next big private equity-fueled media conglomerate?... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2022-01-18 05:01:00 UTC ]
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‘Breadth and depth’: Observers see more pluses than minuses in Vox Media, Group Nine merger

The combined company still won't be the biggest digital publisher on the block. But it will be more well-rounded than most. The post ‘Breadth and depth’: Observers see more pluses than minuses in Vox Media, Group Nine merger appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2021-12-15 05:01:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed agrees to buy HuffPost in latest online media merger

Acquisition unites two of the largest players in digital mediaNews comes after both companies made deep cutsBuzzFeed has agreed to buy HuffPost the companies said Thursday, uniting two of the largest players in digital media in the latest example of consolidation in the sector.The acquisition is... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-11-19 18:56:11 UTC ]
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Boston private equity firm buys stock media company

This story first ran in DC Inno, a sister publication of the Boston Business Journal. Storyblocks, a digital content company in the Washington, D.C. area, has struck a deal to sell to private equity firm Great Hill Partners, more than a decade after the company’s launch as a stock video... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-06-25 22:32:04 UTC ]
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Nationwide Protests Highlight the Need for Greater Diversity in Media

Over the past two days, publishers across the media industry have responded to protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd by issuing statements of solidarity with demonstrators calling for equality before the law and an end to racial injustice. Here's another response they ought to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-01 20:07:31 UTC ]
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Digital Media India: Google Highlights Data, Subscription Products for Publishers

At the recent Digital Media India conference, Rohan Tiwary of Google Asia Pacific, offered updates on some of the company’s ongoing Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-03-17 17:30:42 UTC ]
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Government Executive Media Group Sold to Private Equity

After two decades as a division of Atlantic Media, GovExec is going independent. Atlantic Media owner David Bradley has sold a controlling stake in Government Executive Media Group (GEMG), a portfolio of media brands serving the public sector, to Growth Catalyst Partners, a Chicago-based... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-03-17 14:43:03 UTC ]
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Media Mergers Aren’t New. So Why Are Publishers Consolidating Now?

Perhaps it was promising, years ago, to see the media industry booming thanks to investments by venture capital-backed funders and large media conglomerates hoping to cash in early on promising new digital media titles. But now, it's the time in the industry's life cycle for those same flashy... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-10-14 15:22:42 UTC ]
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Upheaval at Sports Illustrated, Mergers in Digital Media | News & Notes

A staff uprising at Sports Illustrated... Following Tuesday's New York Post report that editor-in-chief Chris Stone is exiting Sports Illustrated after 27 years with the magazine, The Wall Street Journal added late Wednesday evening that the brand's new operator, TheMaven Inc., is planning to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-10-03 20:41:59 UTC ]
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Circle Media Group sells CPI to private investor

Circle Media Group has sold its interest in one of Europe’s largest book printers, CPI, to a private investor, after less than nine months of ownership.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Video Briefing: The pros and cons of a digital media merger

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti floated the idea of a merger between big digital publishing companies. Here's how a merger could -- but ultimately won't -- help. The post Video Briefing: The pros and cons of a digital media merger appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Thinking along the wrong trajectory’: Digital media mergers won’t solve the duopoly problem

BuzzFeed, Group Nine Media and other big digital publishers are floating the idea of merging to get better terms from Google and Facebook. It won't work. The post ‘Thinking along the wrong trajectory’: Digital media mergers won’t solve the duopoly problem appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AC Business Media Sold to Private Equity

Anil Narang and Carl Wistreich—chairman and CEO, respectively, of AC Business Media—have sold their majority stake in the Wisconsin-based trade magazine publisher to Florida-based private equity firm Boyne Capital, the two sides announced Thursday. Concurrent with the sale, former Grand View... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. and Meredith Merger Raises Important Questions for Magazine Media

Does a changing industry paradigm mean opportunity or peril for publishers? The post Time Inc. and Meredith Merger Raises Important Questions for Magazine Media appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Television giant Media General to buy Meredith in $2.4bn merger

Combined company to be called Meredith Media GeneralMerger to create ‘powerful multiplatform and diversified media company’Broadcaster Media General announced on Tuesday that it is buying TV and publishing company Meredith Corp in an approximately $2.4bn cash-and-stock deal.The combined company,... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Media Briefing: Digiday Publishing Summit is approaching and media execs are ready to talk shop

DPS is right around the corner and as more ad revenue sneaks back into the market, publishing execs are looking for new ways to capture as many dollars as they can. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2023-09-14 04:01:00 UTC ]
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